Hello WSP Family,

Well, another year is in the books and it was a pleasure to see all of you again. After having to cancel the star party during the pandemic, it was an amazing feeling to be back on the camps and enjoying everything the Florida Keys has to offer. The weather was magnificent with Friday night being one of the best observing nights I can remember in my 18 years of attendance. While we did have some challenges with FDOT during the week, we want to send out a huge thank you to you, all of our guests, for being patient and understanding that the situation was beyond our control.

The Southern Cross Astronomical Society is proud to be the host of the Winter Star Party and we would like to think that the star party was a success and that everyone had a good time.

We welcomed a new food vendor to the family this year. A huge thank you goes out to Kitchen Thirteen 33. The food was outstanding all week long with a wide verify of freshly prepared, delicious items.

As always we thank the Monroe County Police Department for allowing their off-duty staff to fill our security needs.

We want to thank the WSP committee leaders and their respective staff. Winter Star Party would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of the following people:

Tim Khan, WSP Director
Pat Saunders, Host Coordinator
Neal Kleinman, Speaker Coordinator
Sergio Fiquero, Video Coordinator
Jose Cordozo, Sales Coordinator
Russ Brick, Vendor Coordinator
David Liles, Registrar